Another month has come to an end and soon it's socially acceptable to bake Christmas cookies, make holiday plans, and decorate ones home with lights. It still feels like fall (probably cause it still is fall), so I'm probably waiting until the fields are covered with snow and I can smoke my breath before getting excited about the holiday season. To be honest, that could be any day now.

In the meantime, I'm going to take a break from the daily grind, jump on a plane to visit a dear friend, say "Buenas tardes!", and have a good time. Should you have any recommendations for places to visit or eat (mostly eat) in and around the Costa del Sol as well as helpful phrases in Spanish, feel free to leave a comment below or send me a note. Also, I still haven't figured out my holiday read... Any favorites?

» Made this, a recipe from David Lebovitz's phenomenal book My Paris Kitchen. Served it with braised lamb shanks and used orzo instead of Israeli couscous as it's immensely difficult to get here. Totally delicious!

» I finally got my hands on Kimberley Hasselbrink's Vibrant Food. This book is a gem! I've already made multiple recipes, such as the candied ginger granola. According to my mom, this is the best granola I've made in all these years. And believe me, I've made many.

» I've had the honor to test some brand new GIR products, such as their silicone lids. Hear me, these lids are phenomenal! This is your chance to get your hands on these great products before the holidays.

On myblueandwhitekitchen.com, My Blue&White Kitchen sometimes provides links to third party websites, products, or services. My Blue&White Kitchen does not control the content, activities, and practices of third party websites, products, or services. My Blue&White Kitchen does not control links that appear on third party websites. My Blue&White Kitchen has no responsibility or liability for the content, activities, and practices of third party websites, products, or services linked to or from myblueandwhitekitchen.com. My Blue&White Kitchen has no responsibility or liability for the content, activities, and practices of third party websites, products, or services showing or using content copyrighted to My Blue&White Kitchen.